Drawer liner



Aug; 15, 1949- vAcHERoN 2,478,987

DRAWER LNER Filed oct. 17, 1947 Aime/ver Patented Aug. 16, 1949 LucyVacheron, sAngeles, Calif.

Appimationeembes 17, 194,7,- seria1,No-..7s0,5s6 1'Y claim. (or. i5-"7)-This invention relates to means for lining a drawer or like generallypolygonal receptacle and has for an object to provide simple,inexpensive and long-lasting means for expeditiously coverling thebottom and at least the lower parts of the sides of such a receptacle.

Another object of the invention is to provide drawer lining means thatis time and labor saving, is hygienic in that dust, crumbs and otherforeign matter is retained by the liner for easy removal and/orcleaning, and is impervious to liquids. Another object of the inventionis to provide drawer lining means that electively covers the bottom andat least the lower parts of the sides, whereby germicides andinsecticides may be placed in said drawer beneath the lining means toprotect the drawer contents.

A further object ofthe invention is to provide a drawer liner thatcovers the inner corners of a drawer in a manner to obviate thecollection of foreign matter in said corners.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a sectional linerfor the purposes above indicated, that is sold in simple at conditionand iS readily formed and assembled in a drawer to line the same.

The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of theinvention will become evident from the following specification in whichpreferred forms of liner are disclosed, said specification having baseson the accompanying drawing, in which;

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a conventional drawer showing one formof sectional liner in place therein.

Fig. 2 is a face View in at condition of one element of said liner.

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view as taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1 anddrawn to an enlarged scale.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary face view of another form of liner element.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the latter element as formed forapplication to a drawer.

The drawer that is illustrated is conventional for such receptacles andconsists of a bottom I0, side walls Il, a front wall I2 and a back wallI3.

According to the present invention, a liner I4 comprising four similarelements I5 is provided to cover the bottom and at least the lower partsof walls II, I2 and I3.

Each liner element I5 comprises, essentially, a flat part I6 forcovering the bottom I I, and integral connected parts I1 and I8 arrangedperpendicularly to the part I6 and at right angles to each other to lineany two adjacent portions of 2 adjacent walls II, I2 or I3. Thus, eachelement I5 has inner corners I9, 20 and 2I that reside in the innercorners formed between bottom II and such two adjacent walls of thedrawer.

The element I5 thus provided may be initially preformed of liquidimpervious sheet material such as paper, impregnated or coated fabric,suitable bre compositions, cellulosic material, etc. The particularmaterial employed is immaterial provided the same is lightweight, creaseand wrinkle resistant, capable of being swabbed, and low in cost. Y

A somewhat more economical form of element is shown in Fig. 2. The sameis produced and sold as a flat sheet and in sets of four for lining adrawer. Such a sheet is provided with fold lines 22, 23 and 2d thatguide the user in bending the parts I'I and I8 and a tab 25, defined bya slit 26 that separates it from part I 'I, to form the element, withthe drawer-lining parts, as above described. As indicated in Fig. 1, tab25 is Ysuperimposed against the outside of part I'I and, when theelement is placed in a drawer, as in Fig. 1, the corner 2i will besuitably formed. However, said tab 25 or the part I'I may be providedwith adhesive 2'I to effect a rm connection of these parts and lendrigidity to the formed up el-ement.

As an alternative, the tab 25 may be provided with a tongue 28 forinsertion as into a slit 29 in part I'I as illustrated in Fig. 5.

Thus, the elements I5 are bought in at con-V dition and readily'erectedto t the four corners of a drawer. Said elements may be held in properposition by simply placing a thumb tack 30 through the four over-lappingcorners of parts I6, or one of the elements of the set of four may beprovided with adhesive 3| along the outer edges of the part I6. Byinserting such an element last, when lining a drawer, said adhesive'3lwill connect with underlying portions of the part I6 of the three otherelements. these two means, the elements are held in propernon-displaceable position as a drawer liner.

It is contemplated, of course, that the four elements be of such sizethat each overlaps the other along transverse and longitudinal mediallines of a drawer. To provide for universal lt for all sizes of drawerswould be impracticable. By pro'- viding sets of elements that rangethrough several different sizes while different degrees of overlap ofthe elements results, practically all reasonable sizes of drawers can belined.

While I have disclosed what I now regard as the preferred forms of myinvention, the construction is, of course, subject to modificationswithin By either of Y the spirit and scope of my invention. I,therefore, do not wish to restrict myself to the particular formsdisclosed, but desire to avail myself 4 of al1 modications that may fallwithin the scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

A drawer liner comprising a set of four identical elements, eachinitially formed as a at sheet of impervious material having a generallyrectangular form, each sheet having a fold line adjacent each of onlytwo adjacent outer edges to define a base and upwardly bent sides atonly two Y adjacent edges, said upwardly bent sides being adapted to tagainst and line the lower portions of the respective sides of a drawerand the inner corners of the drawer, the inner edge portions of the fourelements adapted to mutually Aoverlap and cover the bottom of thedrawer, and means for detachably securing the overlapping inne cornerportions of the elements to the central portion of the drawer bottom.

LUCY VACHERON.

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